statement

statement: noun

1 something that you say or write

ADJECTIVE

▪ brief, short

▪ Saunder's lawyer made a brief statement to the press outside the court.

▪ bald, blunt, flat

▪ His bald statement that he'd resigned concealed his anxiety about the situation.

▪ comprehensive, definitive, detailed, full

▪ explicit

▪ An explicit statement of objectives is vital before the project begins.

▪ clear, simple

▪ bold, firm, positive, strong

▪ explanatory

▪ false, inaccurate, misleading

▪ sweeping

▪ She made one of her sweeping statements about foreigners.

▪ joint

▪ The two heads of state issued a joint statement.

▪ formal, government, official, press, public

▪ political

▪ They decided to make a political statement by refusing to vote.

▪ oral, signed, sworn, written

▪ witness (esp. BrE)

▪ He made a witness statement to the police.

▪ policy

▪ mission, vision

▪ The company needed a mission statement describing its core values.

▪ fashion (figurative)

▪ He was making a fashion statement by wearing a pink suit.

VERB + STATEMENT

▪ issue, put out, release

▪ give, make

▪ He admitted giving a false statement to the police.

▪ read

▪ She read a statement to reporters yesterday.

▪ take

▪ The police will take a statement from each of you.

▪ retract, withdraw

▪ contradict

▪ deny

STATEMENT + VERB

▪ condemn

▪ a statement condemning the death penalty

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the statement

▪ In a statement released today, the Department of Health said …

▪ statement about

▪ The clothes you wear are a statement about yourself.

▪ statement on

▪ a statement on human rights

▪ statement on behalf of

▪ She put out a statement on behalf of the Government.

▪ statement to

▪ a recent statement to the press

2 financial record

ADJECTIVE

▪ bank, credit-card, tax (AmE)

▪ financial, income (AmE), trading (BrE)

VERB + STATEMENT

▪ prepare

▪ publish

▪ The issuing banks published financial statements.

▪ file

▪ He filed false statements with the SEC.

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Synonyms:

Specification, mention, announcement, report, account, recital, relation, narration, narrative, description

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statement — [stāt′mənt] n. 1. a) an act of stating b) the thing stated; account, declaration, assertion, etc. 2. c) an abstract, usually itemized, of a financial account [a bank statement] d) a listing of charges for goods or services; bill … English World dictionary
statement — 1775, from STATE (Cf. state) (v.) + MENT (Cf. ment) … Etymology dictionary
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statement — In a general sense, an allegation; a declaration of matters of fact. The term has come to be used of a variety of formal.narratives of facts, required by law in various jurisdictions as the foundation of judicial or official proceedings and in a… … Black's law dictionary
statement — n. act of stating something stated 1) to issue, make a statement 2) to confirm a statement 3) to deny; refute; retract, withdraw a statement 4) a brief, short; clear; false; oral; rash; succinct; sweeping; terse; vague; written statement 5) a… … Combinatory dictionary

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